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N0. 536,161. Patented Mar. 19, 1895.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HER AN STEECK, or WINONA, MINNESOTA.

WAGON END-GATE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,161, dated March19, 1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN STEECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Winona, in the county of Winona and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains consists in certain features'of construction and combinationof parts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

- In the accompanying drawings of which like letters of reference denotecorresponding parts,Figure 1, is a perspective view of a portion of awagon body showing my invention applied. Fig. 2, is a detall view of theguide plate, and Fig. 3, is a similar View of the locking latch.

In the drawings A denotes the side board of a wagon body and B the endgate. The guide plate 0 is composed of two laterally projecting wings cwhich are-secured to the side board, two inwardly projecting flanges cand a base flange c to receive and support the end gate, and a screwthreaded extension 0 which passes through the floor and secures the sideboard's thereto by means of a nut 0 Secured to the tail gate withinconvenient Application filed July 21 1894: Serial No. 518,213- (Nomodel.)

reach is a latchD consisting of a base plate 40 at having outwardlyprojecting ears d between which is pivoted a lever d having at one endan inwardly projecting lug d which is adapted to enter a hole 01 in oneof the flanges of the guide plate and beheld therein by the spring 11secured with one end to the plate (1 and with its other end bearin gagainst the operating end of the lever (P.

In operation, when it is desired to remove the gate from the wagon thefree ends of the levers d (it being understood that my invention isapplied to the opposite sides of the body) are depressed therebywithdrawing the lug d from the holes d of the flange and allowing thegate to be lifted from the guide plate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat The combination with the wagon body, guide plates eachcomposed of two laterally projecting wings secured to the side boards,inwardly projecting flanges having a base flange from which projects adownward screw threaded rod, one of said flanges being provided with ahole, end gate, latches secured to each end thereof, each latch composedof a base plate having cars, 'a lever pivoted between said earsand-provided with a lug which a is adapted to enter the hole in theflange and a spring for holding the lug in said hole, sub

stantially as herein described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, HERMAN STEEOK.

Witnesses: EDWARD LEES, CHARLES MULLER.

